Chapter 189 The Queen was captured
Chapter 189 The Queen was captured
"Even so, you shouldn't give up on yourself. We agreed before that you help me and I help you. After leaving the palace, you can change your appearance and start a new life."
"Thank you for your kindness, Taoist priest."
"Why thank you? This is all your own work."
If Concubine Yan hadn't fanned the flames, things might not have progressed so quickly.
Jiang Nianwei raised her hand, took off the hairpin on her head, and threw it into the sparkling pond outside the window without hesitation.
"This item will no longer be of any use. Your Majesty's life is like a candle in the wind, and it is almost gone."
She knew Baili Jingyao's physical condition very well.
Concubine Yan sometimes felt that the Taoist priest was very mysterious, but his temperament was like that of a girl, but this must be her illusion.
……
When Meng Yuanwei was arrested, he stared at his illegitimate son with resentment, because it was because of his actions that his grand plans were ruined.
"Meng Huaibei, as a descendant of the Meng family, do you know that what you have done will bring the Meng clan into an irretrievable situation? How can you face the spirits of our ancestors in heaven?" His words were full of grief and indignation.
Meng Huaibei just found it funny, "Father, those are your ancestors, not mine."
"You evil beast! You evil beast! I shouldn't have trusted you in the first place! What on earth are you planning to do by doing this? Are you really crazy?"
"From the very beginning, the only thing I wanted was for you to die. By the way, father, you must be wondering why you didn't see your two brothers. Because, they were sent to the underworld by me personally." He smiled maliciously and waved to his men, and two bloody heads rolled to the ground.
When Meng Yuanwei saw the head, he was struck by lightning. He froze on the spot, his voice trembling, "How dare you...how dare you end your brother's life with your own hands? It's simply a beastly act. How could I, Meng Yuanwei, be so blinded by greed and bring you back to this Meng family!":
"Father, don't be sad."
"Because you will be able to go down and reunite with them soon."
Meng Yuanwei began to struggle, "You beast, you are the one who deserves to die the most!"
Meng Huaibei turned his head, a trace of sadness appeared in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "You can't blame others, it's because you didn't close your lower body properly."
If someone was caught committing a rebellion, his entire clan would be executed, but Meng Huaibei was exempted from punishment because of his meritorious service.
But for a person who could resolutely abandon even his closest bloodline, Baili Jingyao's heart was naturally full of vigilance and suspicion. Such an existence was undoubtedly a potential threat, and people had to be on guard at all times.
But Meng Huaibei didn't care at all. Even if he did, he wouldn't care. He just wanted to stay with Jiang Nianwei.
If she were still in the court, he would stay here.
Baili Zhao worked with him from inside and outside to completely eliminate the rebellious traitors.
……
Wen Xiuwan took Bailihe and hid away, not daring to come out.
Unexpectedly, after planning for so long, they were defeated so easily and in such a tragic way.
Now she can only live in hiding. The queen who once wore a dazzling phoenix hairpin and gorgeous clothes has now changed into coarse linen clothes, and there is no trace of her former luxury on her body.
Baili He couldn't get used to such a life. "Mother... Mother, when will this life end? We have already been defeated. Will they find us? And kill us?"
"Don't worry. I promise you that I will find a way to get you out of here safely."
Even at the cost of herself, she vowed to protect Bailih.
Fortunately, the war situation was beginning to look unfavorable at that time, so she cleverly took a few valuables, quietly left the Wen family, and hid there.
No one would have thought that the once noble queen would disguise herself as a lowly washerwoman.
"So what if I escape? I will never be able to be crown prince again."
Thinking of those luxurious and extravagant days in the past, he missed them terribly.
Now, there was only brown rice and vegetables in watery soup in the bowl, without even a trace of oil. This hard life seemed to be a punishment for his past indulgence and made him feel desolate.
"I want to eat meat. I can't live like this any longer." He put down his chopsticks helplessly, stood up, and his face was full of resentment.
"Our current disguise is not suitable for enjoying the lavish life. There are so many people out there looking for us. If we reveal our true identity, we will lose our lives."
Bailihe's face was gloomy and his impatience was evident.
"What's the point of lingering on in such a day? It's better to die. Father... will definitely spend his whole life hunting us down. Where can we escape to? ... Maybe I should go and beg him! After all, I'm his son. He might be able to show some mercy out of our blood relationship."
Wen Xiuwan lowered her head in silence. Suddenly, she raised her hand and slapped Baili He hard on the face. "How dare you! Don't you know what kind of person he is? He won't be merciful to you. If you go find him, we will all die in the end."
After being slapped by her and feeling dizzy, Bailihe realized that what his mother said was true. When he was imprisoned in prison, he begged bitterly, but his father was unwilling to see him.
Not only that, but his staff were also killed. How could he be willing to accept this?
"What should we do? Mom, what should we do?"
"At this point, there is nothing we can do. We just hide well."
More soldiers came to search the alley. When Wen Xiuwan heard the noise, she immediately took Bailihe and hid.
In this tense atmosphere, a burly man in simple clothes came unexpectedly. He was holding a bamboo stick wrapped with maltose in his hand and had an almost innocent smile on his face.
"Get out of the way!" Bailihe was anxious, and his tone unconsciously became a little impatient. He suddenly raised his leg and kicked him.
The big man's face showed a childish look of grievance, his eyes quickly turned red, and tears rolled down his cheeks uncontrollably. His crying was loud and abrupt, and it was particularly harsh in this narrow alley.
"He'er, don't argue with a fool, let's get out of here quickly."
The two finally escaped capture once again, and Bailih crawled out of the cellar where he was hiding exhausted.
As soon as he was born, he saw the fool standing there.
The moment his eyes met Bailihe, the fool grabbed his sleeve and said stubbornly, "You, compensate me for the maltose!"
Baili He was already filled with anger, and now he was even more upset by this sudden entanglement.
He stared at the inflexible fool in front of him, his tone full of impatience: "What a hopeless fool, a mere piece of maltose, is it worth it for you to entangle yourself like this? Go away, don't make trouble for me here!"
The fool seemed to have taken root, and shook his head stubbornly: "I won't leave unless you compensate me with maltose."
Baili He seemed to be ignited by an unknown fire. With his eyes wide open, he punched and kicked the burly man in front of him, his words full of contempt and indignation: "Just because you are a fool, you dare to threaten me and bully me?"
The man was a big man, but he was as innocent as a child, and he kept mumbling his mother's teachings: "Mom said, don't hit people casually."
"I don't care what your mother taught me!" Bailihe was furious, and his words became more and more harsh. "You are a fool, and your mother is probably a crazy woman who is out of her mind!"
When the fool heard this, he could no longer swallow his anger and stood up, and the two of them started fighting.
Just at this moment, Wen Xiuwan heard the noise and came over, holding a thick wooden stick in her hand. Her eyes were cold and without saying anything, she swung the stick fiercely at the fool who was in a fierce fight.
"Get out! Get out now!"
The idiot turned slowly, tears streaming down his face from the sudden violence, and he whimpered in pain.
"It hurts so much... I need to find my mother..."
Bailihe was furious. He grabbed the wooden stick beside him and swung it at the idiot's head without mercy. After a few heavy blows, blood burst out on the idiot's forehead and flowed down his cheek.
In his mind, this was just an insignificant and foolish person who had no one to rely on.
Bailihe needed an outlet to vent his anger at this moment, and since the soldiers had already gone far away, Wen Xiuwan finally did not try to stop him.
The fool was beaten all over. Wen Xiuwan said, "Alright, stop fighting. After something like this, this place is not safe anymore. We have to move away."
After the two left, the fool wiped his tears and stood up slowly.
When Bailihe and Wen Xiuwan left, they finally saw no trace of him.
The dog started to cry as he walked, "I am being bullied. My mother is not here. Someone is bullying me!"
Yuwen Long was looking for him desperately and finally found the dog covered in blood on the street. He didn't expect that he had been beaten like this.
"You? Where have you been? Why are you like this?"
"I want to eat malt sugar, but my mother won't let me." He looked aggrieved with red eyes.
Yuwenlong finally understood that he wanted to go out to buy candy, but got lost.
"If you want candy in the future, I'll buy it for you. Now I'll take you to the clinic to treat your wounds."
Although Gou'er was a fool, from his words, Yuwen Long vaguely deduced the whole process, that he was beaten by the mother and son.
"He has a mother, I don't, he bullies me."
"Okay, it's okay, brother, I'll help you bully him back."
Fortunately, the dog has thick skin. After examination, the doctor said that it was just a superficial injury. The skin was just broken and more blood was lost, which looked scary.
"This mother and son are so cruel that they don't even let go of a fool! Do you remember where they live, dog? I'm going to teach them a lesson!"
The dog shook his head in confusion, "I don't remember."
Yuwen Long was helpless. "Forget it, forget it. I will find them through the details you mentioned. I am the best at finding people. But you, stay in the mansion to heal your wounds in the next few days. Don't go out again, otherwise your mother will be worried."
"I, I'll be obedient and don't tell Mom."
Yuwen Long gave the dog some medicine and sent him back to the mansion. "From now on, you all need to keep an eye on him. If anything happens, you will be held responsible!"
"No, no."
Yuwen Long turned around and wandered around the alley according to Gou'er's fragmentary description.
It happened that Wen Xiuwan and Bailihe moved away from here. They planned to hide in a more hidden place where the officers and soldiers could not find them.
"These two people do look familiar. They look like the people described by the dog."
Yuwen Long had seen the crown prince, but not the queen. He had seen the wanted portrait, but the portrait looked very different from the destitute man in front of him, and he did not recognize him at first.
But looking at the two people's sneaky backs and a bloody stick in the small yard where they escaped, he felt that these two people were probably the ones who bullied the dog.
As soon as Wen Xiuwan heard the noise, she immediately let Bailihe escape through the dog hole, while she stayed behind to deal with the situation.
When Yuwen Long jumped off the wall, Wen Xiuwan was the only one left.
"You guys bullied a fool who was passing by."
Wen Xiuwan initially thought that the visitor was a government official, but she did not expect that it was the revengeful force behind the idiot.
"My hero, I'm afraid you have misunderstood. We are all law-abiding citizens. How could we hurt others for no reason?"
"Whether it is true or not, I'll take you back and ask the dog and we'll know. If not, I'll let you go!"
……
At this moment, Nanny Lu happened to rush back to the villa. Seeing Gou'er's bruised and swollen face, she felt very sad.
"Dog, didn't I tell you not to sneak out and wait for mother to come back?"
"Mom, the dog is in pain."
Yuwen Long had already returned carrying a sack. "Dog, stop crying. Look, what did your brother Yuwen bring you? Did this person bully you?"
Wen Xiuwan, who was in the sack, never dreamed that she would meet Madam Lu again in this way.
"Empress... Empress, no, you are no longer the Empress."
Wen Xiuwan's mouth was tied up, unable to speak, and she hummed angrily.
"Madame Lu, is she the queen?" Yuwen Long finally realized that he had found Wen Xiuwan by accident.
Then, the person who was cleverly protected and escaped by her just now was most likely the former crown prince, Baili He.
"Madame Lu, are you sure she is the queen?" Yuwen Long confirmed again.
"I guarantee with my life that I will recognize her appearance even if she turns into ashes." A trace of deep hatred flashed in Nanny Lu's eyes. That was the hatred of genocide. How could she forget it?
"Go and pass the order quickly, mobilize the officers and soldiers, and immediately capture the deposed prince!" Yuwen Long gave the order.
At this moment, Wen Xiuwan was so anxious that she was about to cry. She had long lost her original dignity as a queen, but they were still discovered.
Nanny Lu took the cloth out of her mouth, took a deep breath, and said in a trembling voice: "We finally meet again, but this time, Queen, it is you who will be exterminated."
Wen Xiuwan raised her eyes and saw the ferocious face. She kowtowed repeatedly, "No, please don't, please don't hurt He'er, he is innocent."
The dog next to him was still crying, "Mom, it was her, she hit me on the head, it's bleeding, a lot, it hurts so much."
Nanny Lu's eyes were as sharp as torches, and she could not hide her hatred: "Your child is as precious as gold, so should my child be despised like grass?"
She suddenly smiled bitterly again. Was it destined? She originally didn't want Gou'er to meet this vicious queen, but fate made them meet anyway.
Wen Xiuwan also beat him into this pitiful state.
"Gou'er, you've been miserable enough, why did this vicious woman want to be so cruel to you? Wen Xiuwan, do you know..."
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